AN ESSENTIAL GUIDE ON THE UTILIZATION OF THE GODAVARI WATERS AND RESOURCES

The RoFR act recognizes the dwelling site, religious places, burial grounds, village council sites along with places of MFP, water resources, biodiverisity etc and also PVT tenures. As the implementation boils down to title deeds for house sites and lands under cultivation, SAKTI engaged the Chenchu youth to document their traditional knowledge in their idiom and dialect, in encouraging them to assert as inborn foresters, capable of managing these resources as envisaged in the Act.

"Since SAKTI activities are mostly issue based and covering a large area, here we concentrate on the forest-related programmes of SAKTI for the present study."

Articles

At least 15 persons were injured in a clash between Tribals and non-Tribals in the agency village of Malkaram of the district this morning.

According to information available a fresh altercation in connection with a dispute regarding the ownership of a banana orchid worsened things between two groups of Tribals and non-Tribals in the village. Trouble broke out when Ankita Pullaiah, a non-tribal farmer who was departing with a heavy banana load on a tractor from the orchid to sell them at Palvoncha was halted by about 40 Tribals led by Punem Ramesh, Soyam Bujji and Karam Bujji.

They insisted but the load could not be carried away until the dispute over the ownership of the orchard was decided. They also attempted to take possession of the banana load prompting the intervention of about 30 non-Tribals were trying to patch up, the Tribals had reportedly launched an attack with knives, sticks and stones leading to a free-for-all battle.

"Managing Director Godavari plywoods ltd. Rampachodavaram E.G.Dt. be and hereby is directed not to cut any mango trees, jamun and jack trees and cutting the forests of Maredumilli mandal, E.G.Dt."

Only matured or dying trees were to be felled. Jeelugu (Caryota urens) palm, trees yielding minor forest produce like tamarind or cane brakes, creepers were not to be touched. A gap of 20 meters from a stream.) --Times of India, April 30, 1991.

The candidate has chosen a topical subject, very relevant to our thinking on culture, cognition and language. He has red widely and is familiar with the literature that matters. His linguistic and anthropological reasoning is sound. His language is clear and simple.

...evidence of the investigator's ability as a linguist by special training and as a linguistic anthropologist by self - cultivated interest.

The only information the government or media always compile carefully is on Naxalite encounters, never the violations of the instruments of rule of law such as minimum wages, fifth schedule, mismanagement of forests, equity in the distribution of welfare benefits, displacement, fragmentation of Socio-economic entities etc.

INDIRA SAGAR (POLAVARAM) CENTRAL EMPOWERED COMMITTEE ORDER

if the R & R is found to be lagging with reference to the fixed bench marks, the construction should accordingly be deferred / stopped;